AFGHANISTAN

At least 12 boats carrying refugees arrived in Greece Sunday, despite a deal reached last week between the European Union and Turkey.

The pre-Islamic holiday has raised some controversy, but it’s a national holiday in a number of countries in the Middle East and Central Asia.

A U.S. Army spokesman said there were initial reports that the helicopter made a hard landing in Helmand province.

Bulgaria is worried an EU-Turkey deal will shift the illegal smuggling route onto its territory and do little to stem the influx of people fleeing conflict.

Military documents released Wednesday revealed that after Bergdahl was thrown out of the Coast Guard, he traveled to Paris to join the French Foreign Legion.

A spokesperson for U.S. military operations said a very small number of Russian jets have withdrawn, while ground forces are still fighting.

The bus was carrying government employees in the volatile northwest frontier city of Peshawar.

Overall, U.S. military plans that could open as many as 220,000 positions to women have now been approved, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.

While Canada has accepted more than 26,000 refugees from the war-torn country, the United States has accepted fewer than 1,000.

The practice of child marriage is most prevalent in South Asia, according to the report.

While the European Union welcomed Turkey’s offer to take back migrants, the United Nations agency said the move could harm refugees' rights.

The Malaysian prime minister's disclosure of an end date later this year came after relatives of passengers called for a recovery effort to continue.

European leaders met with the Turkish prime minister in Brussels to find a solution to Europe's worst refugee crisis since the World War II.

Participation in the planned talks was declined by the Taliban, which repeated that its preconditions, including the withdrawal of foreign troops, had not been met.

Despite billions of U.S. dollars sunk into the eradication of opium, Afghanistan produces the bulk of the world’s supply.

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Boeing’s St. Louis manufacturing plant is relying on new business to save thousands of jobs, but the Navy so far has not been able to find the cash to buy more of the aircraft.

Russian defense ministry dismissed NATO allegations that Moscow, along with Syrian President Bashar Assad, is “deliberately weaponizing” the refugee crisis.

The sale comes during a pivotal time for Turkey's war against the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq.

The recent landslide win by moderates in Tehran may help President Hassan Rouhani open up Iran to the West and change strategy in war-torn Syria.

Documents seized by the U.S. during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden reveal a leader interested in technology and worried about spies.